воскресенье, 22 апреля 2012 г.

Strength of the Russian infantry at the siege of Narva on 15 August 1704

On 8 of November 1704 FM O'Gilvy presented to Tzar his proposal about structure & organization of the Russian army. He proposed a foot regiment to be of 9 coys (incl. a grenadier coy) of 150 men each (6 corporals & 144 privates). He calculated new strength of the field army & required number of reinforcements. It was based on the table of the Russian army at Narva on 15 August 1704. First column is regimental name; second - actual strength on 15 August 1704; third - proposed regimental strength; fourth - required reinforcements.
The total in 29 regiments is 29 422 men (for 2 Guards actual strength is for 7 November 1704). The list is not complete. Two regiments of Apraxin Corps (Bolobonov & Tytov) stayed on the right bank of Narowa river & are not included in the table. The same is with Deydut Foot from Repnin's Division which participated in the siege. These 3 regiments were about 2,000. So, in total Russian infantry at Narva on 15 August 1704 was about 32,000. Pay attention that the number doesn't include officers & regimental & company staff.

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